The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 2004
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1958 – GE signs a contract with the USAF to design a life support system for an orbital vehicle
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 44, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
1977 – LAUNCH: NTS-2 GD Atlas F/SVS, SLC3W, VAFB – early NAVSTAR
2004 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-12, Delta 7925-9.5, LC17B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1981 – LAUNCH: RCA NOAA 7 (C), GD Atlas F, SLC3W, VAFB – Last Atlas F at VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1990 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 6 F4, MM Commercial Titan III, LC40, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, EAG-154, ETR
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, LC11, CCAFS
1964- LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN620, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN645, ETR
1967- LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-B, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN623, ETR
1975- LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN627, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of NOAA-7 on GD Atlas F in 1981. NOAA-7 (C) was decommissioned in June 1986. Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC heritage photo collection released to the public domain.
